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Lei T, Chen L, Wang K, Du S, Gonelle-Gispert C, Wang Y, Buhler LH. Genetic engineering of pigs for xenotransplantation to overcome immune rejection and physiological incompatibilities: The first clinical steps. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1031185. [PMID: 36561750 PMCID: PMC9766364 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1031185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Xenotransplantation has the potential to solve the shortfall of human organ donors. Genetically modified pigs have been considered as potential animal donors for human xenotransplantation and have been widely used in preclinical research. The genetic modifications aim to prevent the major species-specific barriers, which include humoral and cellular immune responses, and physiological incompatibilities such as complement and coagulation dysfunctions. Genetically modified pigs can be created by deleting several pig genes related to the synthesis of various pig specific antigens or by inserting human complement- and coagulation-regulatory transgenes. Finally, in order to reduce the risk of infection, genes related to porcine endogenous retroviruses can be knocked down. In this review, we focus on genetically modified pigs and comprehensively summarize the immunological mechanism of xenograft rejection and recent progress in preclinical and clinical studies. Overall, both genetically engineered pig-based xenografts and technological breakthroughs in the biomedical field provide a promising foundation for pig-to-human xenotransplantation in the future.
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- Tiantian Lei
- Department of Pharmacy, Women and Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Women and Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Women and Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan, China
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- Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland,*Correspondence: Carmen Gonelle-Gispert, ; Yi Wang, ; Leo H. Buhler,
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China,*Correspondence: Carmen Gonelle-Gispert, ; Yi Wang, ; Leo H. Buhler,
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- Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland,*Correspondence: Carmen Gonelle-Gispert, ; Yi Wang, ; Leo H. Buhler,
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Mann BT, Sambrano E, Maggirwar SB, Soriano-Sarabia N. Boosting the Immune System for HIV Cure: A γδ T Cell Perspective. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:221. [PMID: 32509594 PMCID: PMC7248175 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The major barrier to HIV cure is a population of long-lived cells that harbor latent but replication-competent virus, are not eliminated by antiretroviral therapy (ART), and remain indistinguishable from uninfected cells. However, ART does not cure HIV infection, side effects to treatment still occur, and the steady global rate of new infections makes finding a sustained ART-free HIV remission or cure for HIV-seropositive individuals urgently needed. Approaches aimed to cure HIV are mostly based on the "shock and kill" method that entails the use of a drug compound to reactivate latent virus paired together with strategies to boost or supplement the existing immune system to clear reactivated latently infected cells. Traditionally, these strategies have utilized CD8+ cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTL) but have been met with a number of challenges. Enhancing innate immune cell populations, such as γδ T cells, may provide an alternative route to HIV cure. γδ T cells possess anti-viral and cytotoxic capabilities that have been shown to directly inhibit HIV infection and specifically eliminate reactivated, latently infected cells in vitro. Most notably, their access to immune privileged anatomical sites and MHC-independent antigen recognition may circumvent many of the challenges facing CTL-based strategies. In this review, we discuss the role of γδ T cells in normal immunity and HIV infection as well as their current use in strategies to treat cancer. We present this information as means to speculate about the utilization of γδ T cells for HIV cure strategies and highlight some of the fundamental gaps in knowledge that require investigation.
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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Gamma/delta intraepithelial lymphocytes in the mouse small intestine. Anat Sci Int 2016; 91:301-12. [PMID: 27056578 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-016-0341-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Although many studies of intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) have been reported, most of them have focused on αβ-IELs; little attention has been paid to γδ-IELs. The function of γδ-IELs remains largely unclear. In this article, we briefly review a number of reports on γδ-IELs, especially those in the small intestine, along with our recent studies. We found that γδ-IELs are the most abundant (comprising >70 % of the) IELs in the duodenum and the jejunum, implying that it is absolutely necessary to investigate the function(s) of γδ-IELs when attempting to delineate the in vivo defense system of the small intestine. Intraperitoneal injection of anti-CD3 mAb stimulated the γδ-IELs and caused rapid degranulation of them. Granzyme B released from their granules induced DNA fragmentation of duodenal and jejunal epithelial cells (paracrine) and of the IELs themselves (autocrine). However, perforin (Pfn) was not detected, and DNA fragmentation was induced even in Pfn-knockout mice; our system was therefore found to present a novel type of in vivo Pfn-independent DNA fragmentation. We can therefore consider γδ-IELs to be a novel type of large granular lymphocyte without Pfn. Fragmented DNA was repaired in the cells, indicating that DNA fragmentation alone cannot be regarded as an unambiguous marker of cell death or apoptosis. Finally, since the response was so rapid and achieved without the need for accessory cells, it seems that γδ-IELs respond readily to various stimuli, are activated only once, and die 2-3 days after activation in situ without leaving their site. Taken together, these results suggest that γδ-IELs are not involved in the recognition of specific antigen(s) and are not involved in the resulting specific killing or exclusion of the relevant antigen(s).
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Full restoration of Brucella-infected dendritic cell functionality through Vγ9Vδ2 T helper type 1 crosstalk. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43613. [PMID: 22928003 PMCID: PMC3425473 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Vγ9Vδ2 T cells play an important role in the immune response to infectious agents but the mechanisms contributing to this immune process remain to be better characterized. Following their activation, Vγ9Vδ2 T cells develop cytotoxic activity against infected cells, secrete large amounts of cytokines and influence the function of other effectors of immunity, notably cells playing a key role in the initiation of the adaptive immune response such as dendritic cells. Brucella infection dramatically impairs dendritic cell maturation and their capacity to present antigens to T cells. Herein, we investigated whether V T cells have the ability to restore the full functional capacities of Brucella-infected dendritic cells. Using an in vitro multicellular infection model, we showed that: 1/Brucella-infected dendritic cells activate Vγ9Vδ2 T cells through contact-dependent mechanisms, 2/activated Vγ9Vδ2 T cells induce full differentiation into IL-12 producing cells of Brucella-infected dendritic cells with functional antigen presentation activity. Furthermore, phosphoantigen-activated Vγ9Vδ2 T cells also play a role in triggering the maturation process of dendritic cells already infected for 24 h. This suggests that activated Vγ9Vδ2 T cells could be used to modulate the outcome of infectious diseases by promoting an adjuvant effect in dendritic cell-based cellular therapies.
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Bessoles S, Ni M, Garcia-Jimenez S, Sanchez F, Lafont V. Role of NKG2D and its ligands in the anti-infectious activity of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells against intracellular bacteria. Eur J Immunol 2011; 41:1619-28. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201041230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Revised: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Changes within the immune system during aging lead to an elderly population that is both highly susceptible to infectious diseases and unresponsive to typical vaccine protocols. Using the murine model of tuberculosis, we have identified key differences in the generation of T-helper 1 cell immunity between old and young mice, and this information may be important for the design of new vaccines or post exposure therapies to protect the elderly against infectious diseases. In response to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it has been shown that the generation of antigen-specific CD4(+) T-cell immunity is impaired in old mice. In contrast, recent findings document that old mice display a transient enhanced resistance that occurs within the first 3 weeks of infection. Early resistance was associated with the presence of CD8(+) T cells and their ability to produce interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) well before their young counterparts. Further investigation into the mechanism by which CD8(+) T cells are induced to secrete IFN-gammain vivo could provide an approach to enhance the effector function of these cells and subsequently protect elderly individuals from respiratory pathogens such as M. tuberculosis.
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- Bridget Vesosky
- The Ohio State University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbus, 43210, USA
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Oliaro J, Dudal S, Liautard J, Andrault JB, Liautard JP, Lafont V. Vγ9Vδ2 T cells use a combination of mechanisms to limit the spread of the pathogenic bacteria Brucella. J Leukoc Biol 2005; 77:652-60. [PMID: 15668339 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0704433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Human Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells play a crucial role in early immune response to intracellular pathogens. In brucellosis infection, this population of cells is drastically increased in the peripheral blood of patients during the acute phase of infection. In vitro, Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells exhibit strong cytolytic activity against Brucella-infected cells and are able to impair intracellular growth of Brucella suis in autologous macrophages. In this study, we have investigated the relative importance of contact-dependent mechanisms versus soluble factors in the intracellular growth and viability of B. suis. We show that Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells use contact-dependent mechanisms, such as the release of lytic granules and Fas-mediated signals, to decrease intracellular B. suis through lysis of infected macrophages, but these mechanisms have little impact on Brucella survival. Moreover, we demonstrate that soluble factors secreted by Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells can directly affect B. suis survival through their potent bactericidal effects. From these results, we conclude that Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells are able to use a combination of mechanisms that reduce the total numbers of B. suis and thus, may benefit the host by limiting the spread of this intracellular pathogen.
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- Jane Oliaro
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 431, Microbiologie et Pathologie Cellulaire Infectieuse, Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugene Bataillon, CC 100, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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Das H, Sugita M, Brenner MB. Mechanisms of Vδ1 γδ T Cell Activation by Microbial Components. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:6578-86. [PMID: 15153472 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.11.6578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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There are two major subsets of gammadelta T cell in humans. Vgamma2Vdelta2 T cells predominate in the circulation and significantly expand in vivo during a variety of infectious diseases. Ags identified for the Vdelta2 T cells are nonpeptide phosphate, amine, and aminobisphosphonate compounds. In contrast, Vdelta1-encoded TCRs account for the vast majority of gammadelta T cells in tissues such as intestine and spleen. Some of these T cells recognize CD1c and MHC class I-related chain (MICA/B) molecules [correction]. These T cells are cytotoxic and use both perforin- and Fas-mediated cytotoxicity. A fundamental question is how these gammadelta T cells are activated during microbial exposure to carry out effector functions. In this study, we provide evidence for a mechanism by which Vdelta1 gammadelta T cells are activated by inflammatory cytokines in the context of the Vdelta1 TCR. Dendritic cells are necessary as accessory cells for microbial Ag-mediated Vdelta1 gammadelta T cell activation. Cytokine (IL-12), adhesion (LFA3/CD2, LFA1/ICAM1) and costimulatory (MHC class I-related chain (MICA/B) molecules/NK-activating receptor G2D) molecules play a significant role along with Vdelta1 TCR in this activation.
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- Hiranmoy Das
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Kato Y, Tanaka Y, Tanaka H, Yamashita S, Minato N. Requirement of species-specific interactions for the activation of human gamma delta T cells by pamidronate. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:3608-13. [PMID: 12646624 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.7.3608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human gammadelta T cells bearing Vgamma2Vdelta2-TCR recognize various kinds of small nonpeptide Ags, and activation of them by a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate Ag, pamidronate, requires Ag presentation by cells other than gammadelta T cells, including many human tumor cells. Present results demonstrated that tumor cell lines of nonhuman origins pulsed with pamidronate failed to activate human gammadelta T cells without exception, whereas most if not all human tumor cell lines could do so. Gammadelta T cells formed stable conjugates with pamidronate-pulsed human tumor cells and both conjugate formation and gammadelta T cell activation were inhibited significantly by anti-LFA-1 mAb, suggesting the requirement of LFA-1-mediated interaction with APC for efficient gammadelta T cell activation. Consistently, ICAM-1(low) tumor cell lines pulsed with pamidronate induced no or only weak activation of gammadelta T cells, whereas similarly treated ICAM-1(high) cell lines could activate them. One of the two ICAM-1(low) tumor cell lines pulsed with pamidronate induced strong gammadelta T cell activation after ICAM-1 gene transfer. However, another ICAM-1(low) human cell line as well as murine tumor cell lines pulsed with pamidronate remained totally defective in gammadelta T cell activation even after expression of human ICAM-1. These results suggested that activation of human gammadelta T cells by nonpeptide Ags required species-specific interactions in addition to LFA-1/ICAM-1-mediated cell adhesion with APC.
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- Yu Kato
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Sindhu STAK, Ahmad R, Morisset R, Ahmad A, Menezes J. Peripheral blood cytotoxic gammadelta T lymphocytes from patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection and AIDS lyse uninfected CD4+ T cells, and their cytocidal potential correlates with viral load. J Virol 2003; 77:1848-55. [PMID: 12525619 PMCID: PMC140951 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.3.1848-1855.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2002] [Accepted: 11/06/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Progression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in humans is marked by declining CD4+-T-cell counts and increasing virus load (VL). Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) play an important role in the lysis of HIV-infected cells, especially during the early phase of asymptomatic infection. CTL responses in the later phase of disease progression may not be as effective since progressors with lower CD4+-T-cell counts have consistently higher VL despite having elevated CTL counts. We hypothesized that, apart from antiviral effects, some CTL might also contribute to AIDS pathogenesis by depleting CD4+ T cells and that this CTL activity may correlate with the VL in AIDS patients. Therefore, a cross-sectional study of 31 HIV-1-infected patients at various clinical stages was carried out. Purified CTL from these donors as well as HIV-seronegative controls were used as effectors against different human cell targets by using standard 51Cr release cytolytic assays. A direct correlation between VL and CTL-mediated, major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-unrestricted lysis of primary CD4+-T-cell, CEM.NKR, and K562 targets was observed. CD4+-T-cell counts and duration of infection also correlated with MHC-unrestricted cytolytic activity. Our data clearly show that gammadelta CTL are abnormally expanded in the peripheral blood of HIV-infected patients and that the Vdelta1 subset of gammadelta T cells is the main effector population responsible for this type of cytolysis. The present data suggest that gammadelta CTL can contribute to the depletion of bystander CD4+ T cells in HIV-infected patients as a parallel mechanism to HIV-associated immunopathogenesis and hence expedite AIDS progression.
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- Sardar T A K Sindhu
- Laboratory of Immunovirology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ste. Justine Hospital Research Center and Hotel-Dieu Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Espinosa E, Tabiasco J, Hudrisier D, Fournié JJ. Synaptic transfer by human gamma delta T cells stimulated with soluble or cellular antigens. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:6336-43. [PMID: 12055250 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.12.6336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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B, alpha beta T, and NK lymphocytes establish immunological synapses (IS) with their targets to enable recognition. Transfer of target cell-derived Ags together with proximal molecules onto the effector cell appears also to occur through synapses. Little is known about the molecular basis of this transfer, but it is assumed to result from Ag receptor internalization. Because human gamma delta T cells recognize soluble nonpeptidic phosphoantigens as well as tumor cells such as Daudi, it is unknown whether they establish IS with, and extract molecules from, target cells. Using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy, we show in this work that Ag-stimulated human V gamma 9/V delta 2 T cells conjugate to, and perform molecular transfer from, various tumor cell targets. The molecular transfer appears to be linked to IS establishment, evolves in a dose-dependent manner in the presence of either soluble or cellular Ag, and requires gamma delta TCR ligation, Src family kinase signaling, and participation of the actin cytoskeleton. Although CD45 exclusion characterized the IS performed by gamma delta T cells, no obvious capping of the gamma delta TCR was detected. The synaptic transfer mediated by gamma delta T cells involved target molecules unrelated to the cognate Ag and occurred independently of MHC class I expression by target cells. From these observations, we conclude that despite the particular features of gamma delta T cell activation, both synapse formation and molecular transfer of determinants belonging to target cell characterize gamma delta T cell recognition of Ags.
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- Eric Espinosa
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Purpan, Toulouse, France
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Ismaili J, Olislagers V, Poupot R, Fournié JJ, Goldman M. Human gamma delta T cells induce dendritic cell maturation. Clin Immunol 2002; 103:296-302. [PMID: 12173304 DOI: 10.1006/clim.2002.5218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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gamma delta T cells are known to be involved in the innate immune defenses against infectious microorganisms. Herein, we considered that gamma delta T cells could also influence adaptative immunity by interacting with dendritic cells (DC) in the early phase of the immune response. To investigate this hypothesis, gamma delta T cells isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy volunteers were cocultured with autologous monocyte-derived dendritic cells, which were subsequently analyzed for their expression of key surface molecules and for their production of IL-12. First, we found that gamma delta T cells induced the upregulation of HLA-DR, CD86, and CD83 on DC. This effect did not require cell to cell contact and could be blocked by a neutralizing anti-TNF antibody. We then observed that gamma delta T cells activated by the synthetic phosphoantigen bromohydrin pyrophosphate (BrHPP) induced the production of IL-12 (p40) and IL-12 (p70) by DC, an effect that involved IFN-gamma production. The relevance of this finding to DC function was demonstrated by the increased production of IFN-gamma by alloreactive T cells when stimulated in a mixed leucocyte reaction with DC preincubated with activated gamma delta T cells. We conclude that gamma delta T cell activation might result in DC maturation and thereby in enhanced alpha beta T cell responses.
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- Jamila Ismaili
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie Expérimentale, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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Miyagawa F, Tanaka Y, Yamashita S, Mikami B, Danno K, Uehara M, Minato N. Essential contribution of germline-encoded lysine residues in Jgamma1.2 segment to the recognition of nonpeptide antigens by human gammadelta T cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:6773-9. [PMID: 11739492 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.12.6773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human gammadelta T cells display unique repertoires of Ag specificities largely imposed by selective usages of distinct Vgamma and Vdelta genes. Among them, Vgamma2/Vdelta2(+) T cells predominate in the circulation of healthy adults and respond to various microbial small molecular mass nonpeptide Ags. The present results indicate that the primary Vgamma2/Vdelta2(+) T cells stimulated with the distinct groups of nonpeptide Ags, including monoethyl pyrophosphate, isobutyl amine, and aminobisphosphonate, invariably exhibit Jgamma1.2 in the Vgamma2(+) TCR-gamma chains. Gene transfer studies revealed that most of the randomly cloned Vgamma2/Jgamma1.2(+) TCR-gamma genes bearing diverse Vgamma/Jgamma junctional sequences could confer the responsiveness to all these nonpeptide Ags, while none of the Vgamma2/Jgamma1.1(+) or Vgamma2/Jgamma1.3(+) TCR-gamma genes could do so. Furthermore, mutation of the lysine residues encoded by the Jgamma1.2 gene, which are unique in human Jgamma1.2 and absent in other human or mouse Jgamma segments, completely abrogated the responsiveness to all the nonpeptide Ags without affecting the response to anti-CD3 mAb. These results strongly suggested that the positively charged lysine residues in the TCR-gamma chain CDR3 region encoded by the germline Jgamma1.2 gene play a key role in the recognition of diverse small molecular mass nonpeptide Ags.
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- F Miyagawa
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, and Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Synthetic Phosphoantigens Enhance Human Vγ9Vδ2 T Lymphocytes Killing of Non-Hodgkin’s B Lymphoma. Mol Med 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03401961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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MacDougall A, Enders P, Hatfield G, Pauza D, Rakasz E. V gamma 2 TCR repertoire overlap in different anatomical compartments of healthy, unrelated rhesus macaques. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:2296-302. [PMID: 11160285 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gammadelta T cells show preferential homing that is characterized by biased TCR repertoire at different anatomical locations. The processes that regulate this compartmentalization are largely unknown. A model that allows repeated multiple sample procurement under different conditions and enables with relatively straightforward extrapolation to a human situation will facilitate our understanding. The peripheral blood Vgamma2 T cell population is the best-characterized human gammadelta T cell subset. To determine its diversity at multiple immunocompartments matching blood, colon, and vagina samples from rhesus macaques were investigated. Four joining segments used in Vgamma2-Jgamma transcripts were identified, including one segment with no human counterpart. Like in humans, the rhesus peripheral blood Vgamma2 TCR repertoire was limited and contained common sequences that were shared by genetically heterogeneous animals. Furthermore, this subset comprised several phylogenetically conserved Vgamma2 complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) motifs between rhesus and humans. Common sequences were also found within the colon and vagina of the same animal, and within the peripheral blood and intestine of different unrelated animals. These results validate rhesus macaques as a useful model for gammadelta TCR repertoire and homing studies. Moreover, they provide evidence that the concept of limited but overlapping Vgamma TCR repertoire between unrelated individuals can be extended including the mucosa of the digestive and reproductive tract.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Motifs/genetics
- Amino Acid Motifs/immunology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Colon, Sigmoid/immunology
- Colon, Sigmoid/metabolism
- Female
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor gamma
- Humans
- Intestinal Mucosa/immunology
- Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism
- Macaca mulatta
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Organ Specificity/genetics
- Organ Specificity/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/blood
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic/immunology
- Vagina/immunology
- Vagina/metabolism
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- A MacDougall
- Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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Belmant C, Espinosa E, Halary F, Tang Y, Peyrat MA, Sicard H, Kozikowski A, Buelow R, Poupot R, Bonneville M, Fournié JJ. A chemical basis for selective recognition of nonpeptide antigens by human delta T cells. FASEB J 2000; 14:1669-70. [PMID: 10973912 DOI: 10.1096/fj.99-0909fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- C Belmant
- INSERM U395, CHU Purpan, BP3028, 31024 Toulouse, France. INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, 44035 Nantes France
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Wendland T, Herren S, Yawalkar N, Cerny A, Pichler WJ. Strong alpha beta and gamma delta TCR response in a patient with disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection and lack of NK cells and monocytopenia. Immunol Lett 2000; 72:75-82. [PMID: 10841941 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(00)00169-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Infection with atypical mycobacteria occurs mainly in patients with a compromised cellular immune system, in particular in those with a defective T cell or monocyte function. Here we analyzed the specific immune response of an adolescent HIV-negative patient with disseminated mycobacterium avium infection and fatal varizella zoster virus infection. The patient presented with dysplastic hematopoesis of all cell lineage's and a bicytopenia of erythrocytes and leukocytes, but a hematological malignancy could not be found. We found a peripheral lymphopenia and monocytopenia, as well as a lack of NK-cells and B-cells. Lymphocytes consisted of 95% T cells, which contained up to 40% of TCR gammadelta+CD4-CD8-T-cells (mainly TCR gamma9delta2), few monocytes and B-cells. Approximately 50% of CD3+ T-cells showed a CD57+ NK-like phenotype. Functional analysis of PBMC revealed a good antigen-specific T cell function if antigen-presenting cells were supplemented from a HLA-matched donor. Moreover, a strong M. avium specific cytotoxicity mediated by TCR alphabeta+T-cells could be found in vitro and even ex vivo. In contrast, NK-killing was absent. No evidence for a defect in IL-12 or IFN-gamma production and signaling were found. The data indicate that a strong alphabeta and gammadelta T cell immunity tries to compensate for a deficient monocyte and NK cell function in this patient.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Chickenpox/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Fatal Outcome
- Female
- Humans
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/virology
- Leukopenia/immunology
- Leukopenia/virology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphopenia/immunology
- Lymphopenia/virology
- Male
- Monocytes/immunology
- Monocytes/virology
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection/blood
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
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- T Wendland
- Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology/Allergology, University Hospital Bern, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland
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Spada FM, Grant EP, Peters PJ, Sugita M, Melián A, Leslie DS, Lee HK, van Donselaar E, Hanson DA, Krensky AM, Majdic O, Porcelli SA, Morita CT, Brenner MB. Self-recognition of CD1 by gamma/delta T cells: implications for innate immunity. J Exp Med 2000; 191:937-48. [PMID: 10727456 PMCID: PMC2193122 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.6.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The specificity of immunoglobulins and alpha/beta T cell receptors (TCRs) provides a framework for the molecular basis of antigen recognition. Yet, evolution has preserved a separate lineage of gamma/delta antigen receptors that share characteristics of both immunoglobulins and alpha/beta TCRs but whose antigens remain poorly understood. We now show that T cells of the major tissue gamma/delta T cell subset recognize nonpolymorphic CD1c molecules. These T cells proliferated in response to CD1+ presenter cells, lysed CD1c+ targets, and released T helper type 1 (Th1) cytokines. The CD1c-reactive gamma/delta T cells were cytotoxic and used both perforin- and Fas-mediated cytotoxicity. Moreover, they produced granulysin, an important antimicrobial protein. Recognition of CD1c was TCR mediated, as recognition was transferred by transfection of the gamma/delta TCR. Importantly, all CD1c-reactive gamma/delta T cells express V delta 1 TCRs, the TCR expressed by most tissue gamma/delta T cells. Recognition by this tissue pool of gamma/delta T cells provides the human immune system with the capacity to respond rapidly to nonpolymorphic molecules on professional antigen presenting cells (APCs) in the absence of foreign antigens that may activate or eliminate the APCs. The presence of bactericidal granulysin suggests these cells may directly mediate host defense even before foreign antigen-specific T cells have differentiated.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anti-Infective Agents/metabolism
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/metabolism
- Antigens, CD1/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD1/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Base Sequence
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Line
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Perforin
- Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/physiology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/microbiology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/metabolism
- fas Receptor/physiology
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- Franca M. Spada
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Division of Immunology and Transplantation Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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- Institute of Immunology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Belmant C, Espinosa E, Poupot R, Peyrat MA, Guiraud M, Poquet Y, Bonneville M, Fournié JJ. 3-Formyl-1-butyl pyrophosphate A novel mycobacterial metabolite-activating human gammadelta T cells. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:32079-84. [PMID: 10542241 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.45.32079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most human blood gammadelta T cells react without major histocompatibility complex restriction to small phosphorylated nonpeptide antigens (phosphoantigens) that are abundantly produced by mycobacteria and several other microbial pathogens. Although isopentenyl pyrophosphate has been identified as a mycobacterial antigen for gammadelta T cells, the structure of several other stimulating compounds with bioactivities around 1000-fold higher than isopentenyl pyrophosphate remains to be elucidated. This paper describes the structural identification of 3-formyl-1-butyl-pyrophosphate as the core of several non-prenyl mycobacterial phosphoantigens bioactive at the nM range. Recognition of this molecule by gammadelta T cells is very selective and relies on its aldehyde and pyrophosphate groups. This novel pyrophosphorylated aldehyde most probably corresponds to a metabolic intermediate of the non-mevalonate pathway of prenyl phosphate biosynthesis in eubacteria and algae. The reactivity to 3-formyl-1-butyl-pyrophosphate supports the view that human gammadelta T cells are physiologically devoted to antimicrobial surveillance.
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- C Belmant
- INSERM U395, CHU Purpan, BP3028, 31024 Toulouse, 31077 Toulouse France
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Belmant C, Espinosa E, Halary F, Apostolou I, Sicard H, Peyrat MA, Vercellone A, Kourilsky P, Gachelin G, Poupot R, Bonneville M, Fournié JJ. Conventional and non-conventional recognition of non-peptide antigens by T lymphocytes. COMPTES RENDUS DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES. SERIE III, SCIENCES DE LA VIE 1999; 322:919-24. [PMID: 10646084 DOI: 10.1016/s0764-4469(00)87187-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- C Belmant
- Inserm unité 395, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
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L'Faqihi FE, Guiraud M, Dastugue N, Brousset P, Le Bouteiller P, Halary F, Bonneville M, Fournié JJ, Champagne E. Acquisition of a stimulatory activity for Vgamma9/Vdelta2 T cells by a Burkitt's lymphoma cell line without loss of HLA class I expression. Hum Immunol 1999; 60:928-38. [PMID: 10566592 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00076-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Daudi Burkitt's lymphoma cells activate Vgamma9/Vdelta2 T cells through TCR ligation by an unknown antigen. This activity is for a large part revealed by their lack of HLA class I antigen expression, allowing their escape from KIR downregulation. We characterize here a culture variant of the Burkitt's lymphoma line Raji, RJ-A3, which is able to promote as efficiently as Daudi cells the outgrowth of Vgamma9/Vdelta2 T cells in cocultures in spite of unchanged HLA class Ia/Ib antigen expression. RJ-A3 is resistant to lysis by most Vgamma9/Vdelta2 lines and clones, even those lacking CD9-4/NKG2 and p58, p70 p140 KIR molecules. However, one Vgamma9/Vdelta2 line which can efficiently kill RJ-A3 do so in a TCR-dependent manner since killing is modulated by anti-TCR antibodies. The CDR3 sequences of the T cell clones amplified with Daudi and RJ-A3 reveal that some clones can be expanded with both lines while others are expanded preferentially with one or the other but not both. This indicates differences in the antigenic determinants of the two Burkitt's lines. The occurrence of this Raji variant line demonstrates that the stimulatory phenotype for Vgamma9/Vdelta2 cells can be acquired by some tumors independently of the loss of class I antigens and comforts the hypothesis of an anti-tumoral function for the Vgamma9/Vdelta2 T cell population.
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Fayen JD, Tykocinski ML. The expansion of human gammadelta T cells in response to Daudi cells requires the participation of CD4+ T cells. Immunology 1999; 97:272-9. [PMID: 10447742 PMCID: PMC2326839 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00761.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Burkitt's lymphoma cell line Daudi is a potent inducer of human gammadelta T-cell expansion. Using an in vitro culture system comprised of irradiated Daudi cells as stimulators and normal human lymphocytes as responders, the cellular determinants of this response were investigated. Three of four monoclonal antibodies (mAbs 1-1C4, L243, and 9.3F10) directed against disparate epitopes of human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II, as well as a mAb with specificity for CD4 (OKT4), inhibited the expansion of gammadelta T cells in response to Daudi cell stimulators. mAbs with a specificity for CD74 and CD8 were non-inhibitory. Lymphocyte depletion experiments demonstrated a critical role for the CD4+ T-cell subset in the expansion of gammadelta T cells. Other data pointed towards requirements for direct cell contact in this system, and the addition of exogenous recombinant interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, and IL-12 failed to reconstitute gammadelta T-cell expansion in CD4+ lymphocyte-depleted cultures. These results complement previous findings in murine infectious disease and mycobacterial systems, providing a direct demonstration that CD4+ T cells play a role in gammadelta T-cell expansion through an interaction with human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II on Daudi cells. The data point towards important functional links between the acquired and natural immune systems.
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- J D Fayen
- Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Human mycobacterial infections are characterized by a spectrum of clinical and immunological manifestations. Specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) factors are associated with the subtypes of leprosy that develop and the course of tuberculosis after infection. The identification of protective mycobacterial antigens presented by a broad variety of HLA molecules will have important implications for the design of vaccines.
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- C G Meyer
- Institute for Tropical Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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Groh V, Steinle A, Bauer S, Spies T. Recognition of stress-induced MHC molecules by intestinal epithelial gammadelta T cells. Science 1998; 279:1737-40. [PMID: 9497295 DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5357.1737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 872] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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T cells with variable region Vdelta1 gammadelta T cell receptors (TCRs) are distributed throughout the human intestinal epithelium and may function as sentinels that respond to self antigens. The expression of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-related molecule, MICA, matches this localization. MICA and the closely related MICB were recognized by intestinal epithelial T cells expressing diverse Vdelta1 gammadelta TCRs. These interactions involved the alpha1alpha2 domains of MICA and MICB but were independent of antigen processing. With intestinal epithelial cell lines, the expression and recognition of MICA and MICB could be stress-induced. Thus, these molecules may broadly regulate protective responses by the Vdelta1 gammadelta T cells in the epithelium of the intestinal tract.
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- V Groh
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Boismenu R, Havran WL. Gammadelta T cells in host defense and epithelial cell biology. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1998; 86:121-33. [PMID: 9473374 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Recent studies have demonstrated increased numbers of gammadelta T cells in a variety of human infectious as well as noninfectious diseases. In some cases gammadelta T cells could be shown to destroy infected or transformed cells. Advances in the identification of ligands recognized by gammadelta T cells and the development of animal model systems to study these cells in vivo should overcome some of the major obstacles currently preventing a better understanding of gammadelta T cell function in immune responses. As we gain this knowledge it may become possible to design therapeutic strategies exploiting unique properties of gammadelta T cells to promote more effective immunity.
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- R Boismenu
- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Jones SM, Goodier MR, Langhorne J. The response of gamma delta T cells to Plasmodium falciparum is dependent on activated CD4+ T cells and the recognition of MHC class I molecules. Immunology 1996; 89:405-12. [PMID: 8958054 PMCID: PMC1456557 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1996.d01-762.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Peripheral blood gamma delta T cells from non-exposed individuals respond to antigens of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, in vitro. This response, largely caused by T cells bearing the V gamma 9+ chain of the T-cell receptor, is stimulated by components of the parasite expressed on the schizont stage and released at schizont rupture. The response of V gamma 9+ T cells to parasite components is inhibited by antibodies to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II. However, the inhibition by anti-MHC class II antibodies can be overcome by the addition of interleukin-2 (IL-2) to the cultures, suggesting that gamma delta T cells themselves do not recognize MHC class II molecules but require an MHC class II-dependent response taking place in the culture. In contrast, the inhibition by anti-class I antibodies cannot be reversed by addition of IL-2. Since an accompanying CD4+ T-cell response occurred in peripheral blood mononuclear cells cultured with P falciparum antigens, it was considered that these cells provide the cytokines necessary for the subsequent activation and expansion of V gamma 9+ T cells recognizing components of the parasite and MHC class I molecules. This was confirmed by reconstituting the response of enriched gamma delta T cells to P falciparum schizont extract by addition of purified CD4+ T cells.
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- S M Jones
- Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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Fournié JJ, Bonneville M. Stimulation of gamma delta T cells by phosphoantigens. RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY 1996; 147:338-47. [PMID: 8876063 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)89648-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Morita CT, Tanaka Y, Bloom BR, Brenner MB. Direct presentation of non-peptide prenyl pyrophosphate antigens to human gamma delta T cells. RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY 1996; 147:347-53. [PMID: 8876064 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)89649-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- C T Morita
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Bronx, New York , USA
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Zhang XM, Cathala G, Soua Z, Lefranc MP, Huck S. The human T-cell receptor gamma variable pseudogene V10 is a distinctive marker of human speciation. Immunogenetics 1996; 43:196-203. [PMID: 8575818 DOI: 10.1007/bf00587300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The V10 variable gene of the human T-cell receptor gamma locus (TCRG-V10), the only member of the subgroup III, has a structural defect which inhibits the splicing of the leader intron. We show that there is a single point mutation in the V10 leader donor splice site responsible for this situation and that this mutation is found in the different populations tested, indicating that V10 corresponds to a pseudogene in humans. We restored the splice site by mutagenesis and obtained correct splicing in vitro. Analysis of the V10 germline gene in different primates reveals functional splice sites in the closest human apes, the chimpanzee and the gorilla. The splice competence of TCRG-V10 in higher primates was addressed in peripheral blood lymphocytes from chimpanzee by specific cDNA amplification, and correct splicing of the TCRG-V10 leader intron was found as well as a majority of in frame rearrangements involving only the TCRG-J1 or J2 segments. These results suggest that V10(+)gamma /delta T cells may represent an important subset in the non-human higher primates, contrary to the situation observed in the human.
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- X M Zhang
- Laboratoire d ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, UMR9942, Universités Montpellier I et II, CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, BP5051, 34033 Montpellier cedex 1, France
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Morita CT, Beckman EM, Bukowski JF, Tanaka Y, Band H, Bloom BR, Golan DE, Brenner MB. Direct presentation of nonpeptide prenyl pyrophosphate antigens to human gamma delta T cells. Immunity 1995; 3:495-507. [PMID: 7584140 DOI: 10.1016/1074-7613(95)90178-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 368] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Human V gamma 2V delta 2+ T cells recognize mycobacterial nonpeptide antigens, such as isopentenyl pyrophosphate, and their synthetic analogs, such as monoethyl phosphate, through a TCR-dependent process. Here, we examine the presentation of these antigens. V gamma 2V delta 2+ T cells recognized secreted prenyl pyrophosphate antigens in the absence of other accessory cells but, under such conditions, required T cell-T cell contact. Recognition required neither the expression of classical MHC class I, MHC class II, or CD1a, CD1b, and CD1c molecules, nor MHC class I or class II peptide loading pathways. Fixed accessory cells also presented the prenyl pyrophosphate antigens to gamma delta T cells. Thus, in contrast with the presentation of conventional peptide antigens, protein antigens, and superantigens to alpha beta T cells, prenyl pyrophosphate antigens are presented to gamma delta T cells through a novel extracellular pathway that does not require antigen uptake, antigen processing, or MHC class I or class II expression. This pathway allows for the rapid recognition of bacteria by gamma delta T cells and suggests that gamma delta T cells play a role in the early response to bacterial infection.
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- C T Morita
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Vila LM, Haftel HM, Park HS, Lin MS, Romzek NC, Hanash SM, Holoshitz J. Expansion of mycobacterium-reactive gamma delta T cells by a subset of memory helper T cells. Infect Immun 1995; 63:1211-7. [PMID: 7890374 PMCID: PMC173136 DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.4.1211-1217.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Human gamma delta T cells expressing the V gamma 9/V delta 2 T-cell receptor have been previously found to proliferate in response to certain microorganisms and to expand throughout life, presumably because of extrathymic activation by foreign antigens. In vitro expansion of V gamma 9/V delta 2 cells by mycobacteria has been previously shown to be dependent on accessory cells. In order to gain an insight into the mechanisms involved in the expansion of these cells, we have undertaken to identify the peripheral blood subset of cells on which proliferation of V gamma 9/V delta 2 cells in response to mycobacteria is dependent. Contrary to their role in antigen presentation to alpha beta T cells, professional antigen-presenting cells, such as monocytes, B cells, and dendritic cells, were unable to provide the cellular support for the expansion of V gamma 9/V delta 2 cells. Selective depletion of T-cell subsets, as well as the use of highly purified T-cell populations, indicated that the only subset of peripheral blood cells that could expand V gamma 9/V delta 2 cells were CD4+ CD45RO+ CD7- alpha beta T cells. These cells underwent distinct intracellular signaling events after stimulation with the mycobacterial antigen. Expansion of V gamma 9/V delta 2 cells by alpha beta T cells was dependent on cell-cell contact. This is the first evidence that a small subset of the memory helper T-cell population is exclusively responsible for the peripheral expansion of V gamma 9/V delta 2 cells. These data illustrate a unique aspect of antigen recognition by gamma delta T cells and provide new means to study their immune defense role.
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- L M Vila
- University of Michigan Specialized Center of Research in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor
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Haftel HM, Chang Y, Hinderer R, Hanash SM, Holoshitz J. Induction of the autoantigen proliferating cell nuclear antigen in T lymphocytes by a mycobacterial antigen. J Clin Invest 1994; 94:1365-72. [PMID: 7929811 PMCID: PMC295257 DOI: 10.1172/jci117471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mycobacteria have been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity. To determine the potential effect of mycobacterial antigens on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), we analyzed PBMC incubated with the acetone-precipitable fraction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (APMT) for changes in cellular protein expression. Two-dimensional gel analysis showed induction of a 36-kD polypeptide identified as proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a known autoantigen, after incubation with AP-MT. PCNA plays a role in cell proliferation and is expressed as a late growth regulated factor. However, its synthesis in response to AP-MT was induced as an early event. The early induction of PCNA was regulated at a posttranscriptional level and was restricted to T cells. Treatment of PBMC with known T cell mitogens, namely PHA, anti-CD3 antibodies, and staphylococcal superantigens failed to induce an early PCNA increase. The distinct characteristics of the AP-MT effect on PCNA expression suggest a separate mechanism of induction in response to AP-MT, compared with the late increase observed in response to mitogens. The induction of PCNA in response to mycobacterial antigens may represent a pathogenically relevant mechanism in autoimmunity.
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- H M Haftel
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109
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T-cell receptor gene rearrangements in gamma delta T cells have been the subject of intense molecular investigations. This year, much has been learned about the mechanisms controlling this process. However, the specificity and function of gamma delta T cells still remains enigmatic. The application of molecular technology including the availability of mutant mice lacking defined T-cell populations and immunologically relevant surface proteins is beginning to provide answers as well as some surprises.
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- W L Havran
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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